Us spy agencies

Sen. Chuck Grassley is accusing the Trump administration of stonewalling him over a request for documents related to the Russia investigation, and he’s taking it out on the president’s nominee for a critical U.S. intelligence post. The Iowa Republican’s demand for Justice Department documents on its probe of possible links between the Trump campaign and Moscow has left William Evanina’s nomination to head the National Counterintelligence and Security Center in limbo for the past year, frustrating the nation’s top intelligence leaders and even some fellow Senate Republicans.Story Continued Below Specifically, Grassley is asking for documents that he says House committees have received in their Russia probes, including those related to DOJ official Bruce Ohr, who became a conduit between former British spy Christopher Steele and the FBI. The senator recently placed a fresh hold on Evanina, who has been nominated twice and received overwhelming bipartisan … [Read more...] about Trump spy agency nominee marooned in Senate standoff

Updated 1:42 am PST, Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Attendees take pictures of the new Huawei Mate X foldable 5G smartphone during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. The annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) runs from 25-28 February in Barcelona, where companies from all over the world gather to share new products. less Attendees take pictures of the new Huawei Mate X foldable 5G smartphone during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. The annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) runs ... more Photo: Emilio Morenatti, AP Photo: Emilio Morenatti, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Attendees take pictures of the new Huawei Mate X foldable 5G smartphone during the Mobile World Congress … [Read more...] about Huawei exec pokes fun at US spying, Snowden at tech show

Updated 3:29 am PST, Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who was arrested in Moscow at the end of last year, right, looks through a cage's glass as his lawyers talk to each other in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The lawyer for Paul Whelan who is being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying, said Tuesday that classified Russian materials were found on him when he was arrested. less Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who was arrested in Moscow at the end of last year, right, looks through a cage's glass as his lawyers talk to each other in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, ... more Photo: Pavel Golovkin, AP Photo: Pavel Golovkin, AP Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close Image 1 of 7 Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who … [Read more...] about Lawyer: Suspected US spy had classified docs on him

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Internet exchange operator DE-CIX said on Thursday it had filed a constitutional complaint against the tapping into its network by Germany's main spy agency, after an earlier petition was thrown out by a federal court. The case raises questions over the extent to which state surveillance is acceptable in an open, democratic society, similar to those asked in the United States after whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the extent of snooping by the National Security Agency. DE-CIX said it received orders from the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) to allow it to access data at its internet exchange in Frankfurt. The BND has in recent years received a mirror image of the traffic as part of its counter-terrorism and cyber-security efforts. The company filed a case against the federal government two years ago seeking a judicial examination of the practice. Its suit was thrown out in May by the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, which found the BND was acting … [Read more...] about Internet operator challenges network tapping by German spy agency

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... AlertMe BRUSSELS — The United States and other Western nations leveled a torrent of new allegations against Moscow’s secretive GRU military spy agency on Thursday, accusing its agents of hacking anti-doping agencies, plane crash investigations and a chemical weapons probe as well as launching cyberattacks that rocked America’s 2016 election and crippled Ukraine in 2017. The roll-call of GRU malfeasance began at midnight in Britain, when British and Australian authorities accused the Russian agency of being behind the catastrophic cyberattack that caused billions in losses to Ukraine in June 2017 and a host of other hacks, including the Democratic Party email leaks and online cyber propaganda that sowed havoc before Americans voted in the 2016 presidential election. … [Read more...] about West accuses Russian spy agency GRU of scores of attacks